Cancer biology
HeLa Cells: The Immortal Cell Line of Cancer Research
HeLa cells are a population of human cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951 during her cervical cancer treatment. Most human cells typically…
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Ecology, Evolution and Environment
Decoding the Scent of Life: A Study of Vertebrate Body Odours
Vertebrate body odours are complex blends of volatile compounds that animals use to communicate with each other, find food, and avoid predators. However,…
Biology
The Role of Long-Term Physical Activity on Multisensory Integration
Ageing gracefully is a goal many of us aspire to achieve. While it's true that the passage of time brings about changes in…
Physics
LIGO’s Frequency Dependent Squeezing Breaks Quantum Limits
How LIGO uses frequency-dependent squeezing to reduce quantum noise and improve its sensitivity to gravitational waves.
Health
Dengue Fever in Burkina Faso: Everything You Need to Know
There is an outbreak of Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, in Burkina Faso with a surge in cases and fatalities. As of October…
Chemistry
2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Synthesis of Quantum Dots
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei…
Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Attosecond Pulses of Light
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been awarded to three brilliant minds: Pierre Agostini from The Ohio State University, Ferenc Krausz from…
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2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: How mRNA Vaccines Revolutionized Medicine
On October 2, 2023, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Katalin Karikó and…
Computational Biology
New AI tool classifies missense mutations as pathogenic or benign
A look at AlphaMissense, a model for predicting the effects of single-letter changes in protein-coding sequences.
Health
Necroptosis: A New Target for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment?
Alzheimer's disease has affected millions and continues to baffle scientists. Some of the features of Alzheimer's include memory loss and the accumulation of…
Agriculture
How AI is Making Soil Moisture Monitoring More Accurate
Monitoring soil moisture is important for farming, water management, and dealing with changes in the weather. It is quite tricky when a farmer…
Astronomy
Scientists Detect Signs of Life on Distant Planet
Researchers believe they may have detected the presence of a molecule called dimethyl sulphide (DMS) on a distant planet K2-18b. On Earth, DMS…